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44095
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The author explores the Benjamin Austin and Henry Reid papers at Duke University for references to liquor and moon-shining.
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North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 49 Issue 4, Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 2023,
p302-306, il
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44146
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Preserved in the North Carolina State Archives is a list of accounts from the firm of Davies & McKenzie, cheifly coverin the area of Bladen and New Hanover Counties. For reasons not understood, the list was forwarded to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1790. the firm ceased functioning with the death of Davies in 1753.
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44147
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How a certain group of estate records found their way in to the offices of the Treasurer and Comptroller is not understood. these materials relate to the states of approximately 400 decedants, the majority being estrays, once integral to Hyde, Mecklenburg, Onslow, Pasquotank and Tyrrell Counties.
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44150
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Prior to surveys made of the North Carolina South Carolina border in 1764 and 1772, there were numerous cases of both state's granting land in what is now the other state. North Carolina, for example, granted at least 1,000 mappings of land in south Carolina as far as present-day Laurens and Newberry Counties.
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44173
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Constituted in 1758, records from 1758 to 1790 for Red Banks Church have been lost. The surviving record book contain a good number of intersting facts. Elder Jeremy Rhame was the church's first pastor.
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44168
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Page number and year of enactment for the entries is found in the Laws of North Carolina. Both original and altered names are included in each entry. Information however varies widely as for full identification of persons concerned and counties of residence.
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44170
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Carl August Gottlieb Storch was born in Germany in 1764 and arrived in America in 1788, locating in Salisbury, N.C. later that year. A surviving account book belonging to him provided valuable genealogical information recorded in this article.
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44172
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The subject of real estate terminology is expanded on by the author of this sketch. Information is taken from a genealogy workshop held by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History on July 19-20, 1975. An alphabetical listing of terms and their meanings is given.
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44174
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Bladen Precinct was formed from New Hanover Precinct in 1734 and named for Martin Bladen, a Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plantations. St. Martin's Parish became the parochial district for the county with approximately 30 families listed at the time. the earliest know tax list for the community dates to 1763. the oldest religious settlement in the county was that formed by Quakers.
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44175
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The author notes evidences of migration from Virginia into North Carolina are the result of a careful reading of selected Virginia records, especially those of southside Virginia and namely: Surry Sussex, Brunswick, Isle of Wright and Southampton Counties.
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44210
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The author underlines the usefulness of this index in that virtually none of Iredell County's marriage records prior to 1868 exist currently. The following article abstracts 122 marriage notices and 166 death notices.
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44203
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the compilation is arranged alphabetically and contains 122 marriage records and 166 death notices.
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44202
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Reprinted is a deposition from James Dixon concerning legal rights to a tract of land.
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44228
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The article recounts Parson William G. Brownlow's newspaper report of an "uncomplimentary" discovery concerning two brother, Mathew and James Johnson and first cousins to President Andrew Johnson. The two were involved in 1845 of the murder of Josiah Holloman. Andrew Johnson at the time was a rising young politician at the time, whom Brownlow carried derogatory references in his Tennessee newspaper, "The Jonesbough Whig".
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44225
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Though it provenance cannot be absolutely ascertained, the list abstracted appears to be complete with upwards of 1800 names of all landowners for Orange County for the year 1816, with location ,acreage and value of land for each owner. The Direct Tax of 1816 was a federally imposed tax for financing the War of 1812. The first Direct Tax was established in 1798.
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